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PlayStation Nixes PSN Account Linking Requirement for Helldivers 2

PlayStation tweets: "Helldivers fans -- we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning May 30, will not be moving forward.

We’re still learning what is best for PC players and your feedback has been invaluable. Thanks again for your continued support of Helldivers 2 and we’ll keep you updated on future plans."

Christopher14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Now, will gamers take all this fervor and aim it at the likes of EA, Ubisoft, Take2, and others who have way more invasive and problem-causing apps for Steam games?

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Eonjay14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Sony is like a whipping boy for the industry and it's just lame at this point. This is like my Activision account I use for Call of Duty. I'm not a 'fan'' of Activision but it's free and it comes in handy. The PSN account would come handy if they decide to do cross saves and I'm sure some other stuff too. I have an account for practically everything, including this site. I need a Microsoft account to play some PS5 games. No one has been able to explain what the big problem with a PSN account was.

blackblades13d ago

They dont want one because they cant trust them with all the times Sony got hacked which makes no sense cause steam got hacked so does everythinv else in this world. Been with playstation and i never had a problem security wise. PlayStation doesnt hold SSN and you dont have to put you credit card on it either. Pc users just wanna cry, its a PlayStation game they should be happy Sony putting games on pc to begin with. Also funny they dont trust Sony but yet would play there games when on pc.

redknight8013d ago

Yes, people have explained the problem with a PSN account...there has been 15 million articles on it and surely you read a few and saw some comments...it is because PSN is not supported in a lot of countries meaning people in those countries can't create a PSN account and therefore would be unable to play the game at all.

ChronoJoe13d ago

On PS5 even crossplay doesn’t work with all PC accounts. I have plenty of PC friends where the invites never go through and theirs aren’t received. Crossplay without a unified account system is always a nightmare, none of us should be punching in friend codes in 2024.

They shouldn’t have tried to change this post launch but they should have had it in on day 1.

VenomUK13d ago

@redknight80. If the main complaint is that people in over 150 countries cannot create PSN accounts then Sony needs to get its programming/logistics/legal team to make it available. If that happens, the next time Sony releases a multiplayer game on Steam with a PSN account requirement would this stop a repeat of this backlash?

thesoftware73013d ago

Did they sell you CoD initially without needing an Activision account, and then locked you out of it because you could not get an Activision account where you lived?

smfh

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WelkinCole13d ago

I see it as more like they listen to gamers complaint

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H914d ago

Christopher with all I do respect, your bias is showing heavily, be positive, congratulate people and ask for them to do more, no need for this passive aggressive bitterness

jambola14d ago

if they do he'll probably make the same comment but put world hunger in there

Zeref13d ago

He has literally failed articles based on whether or not it will upset Sony fanboys lol. We know where he stands and it's not neutral.

Brazz13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

You are the one showing bias. Christopher is 100% right here, all this HDII and PSN linking is a gigantic hypocrisy.

Christopher13d ago

Much need for it, because I know no one is going to turn any of this attention anywhere and it will just die out until the next Internet band wagon pops up. Gamers are proven to have power, they will then squander it rather than utilize it where it matters.

thesoftware73013d ago (Edited 13d ago )

H9,

Hahaha, His bias shows in every one of his post, anyone with half a brain can see his awful attempts to not come off like a Sony superfan.

It so cringy at times, like his above comment, Instead of saying good,Sony should learn from this, and not lock out players who already paid for their product and helped to make it a successful game, he points the finger at other companies who has nothing to do with Sony's terrible decision to screw customers over.

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H913d ago

@Swooldys did they just mark your previous reply as spam?

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notachance14d ago

I’d argue there’s a better softer approach they could do, just make it optional with bonus for people who did it like some free cosmetics and make it required only for cross-play and cross-save purposes. That way the people who can do it have bonus incentives and people in countries without psn can still play without problems.

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Angyobangyo14d ago

The difference is EA, Ubisoft, Take2, etc didn't release their games and then down the line implement forced account linkage under the guise of "security". Gamers know from when they buy EA and Ubisoft games that you'll need an account with those companies. Also when was the last time a company delisted an extremely popular game from over 100 countries?

Extermin8or3_14d ago

It was listed on the game as a requirement and it was a decision by arrowhead so that people could get into the game. In future companies won't be able to make such decisions and you will simply be left unable to play the game.

Christopher13d ago

Actually, all of them did this by adding their apps to existing games once they released their apps. So, no, they're not any different.

-Foxtrot13d ago

May aswell strike while the fire is hot

If not….then people are a bunch of hypocrites

thesoftware73013d ago

No, no, it's not about it having to be linked to PSN. The problem was that they initially sold it to customers, without the need for PSN(supposedly due to technical problems at launch), then added the PSN requirement for people they sold it to, that could not get PSN, essentially locking people out of somethin they already bought. Sony even delisted the game in a lot of places, what kind of fuckey is that?

And you response to them rolling back some BS, is to point the finger at other companies. That's the problem, it's always a finger pointing baby ass mentality with some people, oh, they did it so you should look at someone else, grow up. HD2 is huge right now, and many many people are playing it, and we are talking about SONY right now, not UBI, EA or anyone else, but Sony. The players of this wildly successful game is complaining, even the dev was clearly against what Sony was doing, so the uproar is from HD2 fans, not assasins creed or GTA fans.

derek13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Nonsense this is just another extension of the console war bs now with the rage mob from the pc community. No you have playstation apologizing for putting their games on pc on their terms, lol. Sony made a fool of themselves by backing off this minor requirement.

thesoftware73013d ago

@ derek,

See you are missing the point.

It is not about PSN, it is that people bought the fucking game, and now with the PSN requirement cant play it at all! You know why?, because PSN don't exist where they live, not because they don't wanna sign up, they cant! Why do you people keep defending selling a product that people cant use?

Do you not see why this is wrong? They sold them a product that they cannot use, it's not fake outrage, it's literally fucking people over.

--Onilink--13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

They already do, its the reason why the Epic Games store is still losing money, why Origin failed, etc

This whole idea that PC gamers havent been fighting against separate launchers, mandatory accounts, etc up until now just because its Sony is just dumb

Christopher13d ago

Origin didn't fail, it's EA app now.

Ubisoft Connect/UPlay have been around since 2009.

Rockstar Game Launcher is required to play their games.

2k Launcher is required to play their games.

Kalypso launcher.

Red Launcher (CDPR)

Creative Assembly launcher

Bethesda accounts the exact same as PSN

Gearbox accounts the exact same as PSN

Microsoft games the exact same as PSN

What are you on about? PC gamers have been sleeping on this since 2009.

--Onilink--13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Yes, and how many people dont play any game that forces those launchers?

How many people avoid any other store other than Steam or GoG like its the plague?

Yes, of course there will always be people that use then because they would rather play the games.

But the idea that its just now that PC gamers have complained or “boycotted” a game because it forces the use of another app/login/launcher is completely ridiculous, it has been happening since a long time ago.

And really? Origin didnt fail? It was supposed to eventually rival Steam. It was a complete failure as a storefront, all of them (EA, MS, Ubi, etc) all ditched making the games exclusive to those stores and put them on Steam precisely because they failed as storefronts because many people in the PC space are already against these kind of practices

Goodguy0113d ago

God I'd love it if the same would work for ubi, ea, and the likes

FPS_D3TH13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Probably not because this was more about selling a game to countries they never intended on supporting than about forcing a new account registration on players.

darthv7213d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Sony should have limited the steam page to flag those countries where this issue would be a problem as "not available in your region". That would at least have been an up front addressing of the situation. But.... they took people's $$ anyway and let them play for the first 2-3 months before fixing their issues regarding linking.

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Inverno13d ago

@Chris
I hope so, I'm hoping they can get Valve involved to force this sort of stuff to end all together. I've only 1 game that requires me to log into the EA app and it's a more miss than hit so I uninstalled it, I'm playing on the Deck btw. Something else we should take aim at is having to accept a TOS after purchase to be able to install a game. And push these companies to stop taking away access to games bought just cause servers are being taken down!

Tedakin13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

Those other companies didn't make logging in a requirement 3 months after the game came out in regions where they sold they game and you literally can't log in. Then they stripped the game from 177 countries. What Sony did was the most boneheaded thing.

Spenok13d ago

Hahahah!

You expect fickle gamers to be intellectually consistent? I'm confident they will not.

(I also realize you're being satirical with this comment)

rlow113d ago

The fervor was because people in over a 100 countries don’t have access to PSN because Sony has no presence there. I would be pissed had I bought a game and couldn’t access it because I would have to move to another country just to continue to play it. Especially after a long playing it for months prior.

It was justified and Sony listened.

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Snookies1214d ago

Thank you! I have a PS account, but bought this on PC. I just hate having to do stupid stuff like this just to get into the game I bought.

just_looken14d ago

You should try getting a resident evil MP working not as bad as making a sony account but its right up there i tried with a fake dump email holy spam batman. I never finished the account creation

XiNatsuDragnel14d ago

Good stuff this is what the power of gamers can do.

buffig14d ago

I wonder if that "power" could do something useful?

XiNatsuDragnel13d ago

Lol it's useful that we can change stuff about these greedy companies

Man_Among_Mice13d ago

Yet this "power" hasn't changed any of the actually greedy stuff these greedy companies do...

FinalFantasyFanatic13d ago

Now if only it would show up more often, unfortunately the majority do not make a fuss often enough, hence why the industry is where it is now.

Kinza5501213d ago (Edited 13d ago )

But that power hasn't changed much see: online gaming behind paywalls, expensive DLCs, games being released unfinished day one, cut content being sold as DLCs, Games going digital, gacha games... i could go on.
Congrats on your "small" victory, I guess.

XiNatsuDragnel13d ago

Sounds like we need to do more, gamers we got united lol

__SteakDeck__13d ago

@XiNatsuDragnel Lol That wasn’t Gamers. That was whiney PC fans.

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Chocoburger14d ago

Crisis averted, now we can all move on.

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Helldivers 2’s “second galactic war” begins after this huge failure

The real fight begins for Helldivers 2 players after failing a huge Major Order, as Arrowhead ushers in the next chapter of warfare.

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Palitera17h ago

If only the game wasn't so barebones. Out of the super fun core gameplay, the game is a barren land. They better make much easier "major orders", because the player base has mostly moved on.

Domkakop13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

Think people are stupid? What's your favourite thing to do besides lying?

RaveTears13h ago

I think that A lot of the player was snap out of existence, after 177 regions was forced to go dark.

rippermcrip12h ago

In those regions in which they took the game down... that was only for new purchases. Anyone who already bought it could play just fine.

gold_drake3h ago

im not sure where u get your numbers from, but there are still a massive amount of people playing ha

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Bronbron929h ago

I really hope they expand the war to where our foes get to super earth like in helldivers 1 I’d imagine the game by then would have tons of stratagems and the vehicles by then

MIDGETonSTILTS175h ago

It’s important to establish both successes and failures in order to make community engagement feel genuinely impactful, and not just a predetermined outcome on rails.

They obviously have a bunch of content waiting for deployment, and they plan to trickle it out at whatever pace keeps the community at their desired size.

The game is still much, much more popular than they ever planned. And antitank mines feel like small potatoes compared to the vehicles and new enemies we know are down the road.

Buckle up for a long term plan.

gold_drake3h ago

i love how they do this, real consequences etc.

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LG_Fox_Brazil2d ago

The main tip that I would tell a new player is: know how and when to pick your fights. Sometimes it's better to avoid a skirmish altogether and focus on the missions. And if you are indeed starting a fight, try to end is as soon as possible and focus on the smallers enemies first, because if you get rid of all those bastards then they won't call for backup and you'll have time to finish the bigger threats

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